Brainy parasites prompt neurologist’s Facebook revelation

[snoop1130]

 

In a remarkable medical case, an individual who ate improperly washed raw vegetables was found to have contracted parasites that infected their brain. Surat Tanprawate, a neurologist, highlighted the shocking incident via his Facebook page Brain Knowledge with Dr Surat.

 

The post, which swiftly gained significant attention, was accompanied by an X-ray image of a brain speckled with calcium deposits – a sign of parasites.

 

The individual had been suffering from a consistent headache and visited Surat for consultation. The X-ray revealed these deposits were Taeenia Solium, a worm-like parasite, which had reached the brain from ingestion of contaminated raw vegetables. They developed into cysts and gradually spread, causing symptoms such as headache, seizures, faintness and memory loss. This case is an unsettling reminder of the direct link between our food and health conditions, and more chillingly, that consuming contaminated matter is akin to eating faeces.

 

Surat’s post received extensive engagement with many people showing concern. The doctor further explained that the life cycle of Taeenia Solium involves various stages and hosts. Humans are infected by eating undercooked pork containing cysts, excreted as eggs in human faeces, potentially contaminating vegetables grown using this faecal matter as fertiliser, reported Sanook.

 

Eating unwashed contaminated vegetables completes the cycle wherein the parasites form cysts in human brains, hardening around long-dead parasites to form calcium deposits.

 

By Samantha Rose

Caption: Picture courtesy of Sanook

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/brain-parasites-from-raw-vegetables-linked-to-severe-headaches-warns-thai-neurologist

 

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[RanongCat]

It reads  "remarkable" and seems extreme. But is a real thing that not always go to brain. Many people can have in stomach where produce  more eggs for  contamination  in "s..t".

So many thing  can cause very big problem. Sad is can be avoided if cook and clean !

So strange to learn which country has worst food poison cases and is not Thailand.

[ikke1959]

Seems impossible in Thailand... where can you find brains??? 

[Pla Simon]

10 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Seems impossible in Thailand... where can you find brains??? 

Plenty of the cleanest brains to be found, in Thailand.

 

Now, if only everyone's vegetables received as thorough a washing, before consumption...

 

[jacko45k]

Just now, Pla Simon said:

Plenty of the cleanest brains to be found, in Thailand.

Yes, hardly used!

[Grumpy one]

10 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Seems impossible in Thailand... where can you find brains??? 

Look for hens with teeth  ????

[rickudon]

On 8/8/2023 at 5:52 PM, snoop1130 said:

Eating unwashed contaminated vegetables completes the cycle wherein the parasites form cysts in human brains, hardening around long-dead parasites to form calcium deposits.

Incorrect. Taenia are tapeworms. if humans ingest the eggs, the parasites may hatch but will die as humans are not the correct host  in the first Stage of the cycle, so the cycle will not be completed. The cysts they form can cause damage.

 

This is the correct description of the lifecycle:

Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, belongs to the cyclophyllid cestode family Taeniidae. It is found throughout the world and is most common in countries where pork is eaten. It is a tapeworm that uses humans as its definitive host and pigs as the intermediate or secondary hosts. It is transmitted to pigs through human feces that contain the parasite eggs and contaminate their fodder. Pigs ingest the eggs, which develop into larvae, then into oncospheres, and ultimately into infective tapeworm cysts, called cysticercus. Humans acquire the cysts through consumption of uncooked or under-cooked pork and the cysts grow into an adult worms in the small intestine.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taenia_solium